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Yifeng Yuan1, Michael S DeMott1,2, Shane R Byrne1,3
1Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature communications
|January 22, 2026
概括
微生物DNA化 (PT) 在人体肠道中很普遍,新的合成系统被发现. 这种对氧化敏感的修饰在各种细菌族群的rRNA基因中得到了丰富.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 酸化 (PT) 是一种独特的微生物DNA骨干修饰,涉及硫插入.
- PT 调节基因表达和宿主 prokaryotes 中的防御机制.
- 已知dnd和ssp基因家族参与PT合成.
研究的目的:
- 研究PT基因在人类肠道微生物群中的分布和多样性.
- 识别新型PT合成系统及其基因组背景.
- 描述PT二核酸设置及其基因组定位.
主要方法:
- 对13663个人类肠道微生物组基因组进行dnd,ssp和brx基因的分析.
- 在Bacteroides salyersiae中对4型BREX brx基因的遗传验证.
- 对226个肠道微生物群分离物的质谱分析和PT特异性DNA测序.
主要成果:
- 分析的基因组中有6.3%含有dnd或ssp基因,主要是Bacillota,Bacteroidota和Pseudomonadota.
- 发现并验证了包括4型BREX brx基因在内的新型PT合成系统.
- 证实了八个PT二核酸设置,其中包括rRNA基因的丰富和基因边界的枯竭.
结论:
- 人体肠道微生物组是发现新型 prokaryotic 表观遗传修饰的丰富来源,如 PT.
- PT合成系统在肠道微生物中广泛分布,特别是氧化敏感变体.
- PT表现出特定的基因组偏好,表明在基因调节和防御中的功能性作用.
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